A woman returns to her hometown seeking bloodthirsty retribution when her lover is killed by her scornful ex-fiancé. Torn between love, hate, loyalty, and vengeance, her path to satisfaction widens out of her control..

A family finally comes to terms with the grief over their son's suicide 25 years earlier.

Fathers in a small California desert town abandon their children one by one leaving behind a wake of anger and crime as their sons and daughters come of age.